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Sweeper: Average Spin 2025

How fast the ball spins, measured in turns per minute. Only measured pitches are included. More spin is not always better. Uses pitches recorded as sweeper.

Season

At least 100 pitches of this type with a spin measurement in this season. Recorded pitch types. Usage divides by all delivered pitches, including unknown types. Speed is in mph, spin in rpm and extension in feet. Averages use measured pitches only. Whiffs divide misses by swings. Data through December 31, 2025. Data refreshed Sep 9, 2026, 10:16 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Sweeper: Average Spin / 2025

Dustin May

BOS

3182

Season leader

Sweeper: Average Spin2025 season
#	Player	Team	ST spin count	Type coverage	ST rpm
1	D. MayDustin May	BOS	853	100.0%	3182
2	C. SchmidtClarke Schmidt	NYY	149	100.0%	3144
3	G. JaxGriffin Jax	TB	481	100.0%	3099
4	B. CaspariusBen Casparius	LAD	406	100.0%	3080
5	L. SimsLucas Sims	WSH	123	100.0%	3075
6	C. GibsonCade Gibson	MIA	129	100.0%	3032
7	J. HergetJimmy Herget	COL	395	100.0%	3027
8	W. WarrenWill Warren	NYY	578	100.0%	3024
9	C. FaucherCalvin Faucher	MIA	191	100.0%	3005
10	L. MoralesLuis Morales	ATH	220	100.0%	3000
11	R. VásquezRandy Vásquez	SD	281	100.0%	2989
12	J. LawrenceJustin Lawrence	PIT	135	100.0%	2983
13	C. LeeChase Lee	DET	199	100.0%	2974
14	N. McLeanNolan McLean	NYM	190	99.9%	2929
15	B. RaleyBrooks Raley	NYM	163	100.0%	2920
16	D. CeaseDylan Cease	SD	108	100.0%	2915
17	S. MollSam Moll	CIN	148	100.0%	2913
18	O. KerkeringOrion Kerkering	PHI	515	100.0%	2897
19	L. McCullers Jr.Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU	367	100.0%	2880
20	L. BacharLake Bachar	MIA	313	100.0%	2871
21	Y. MatsuiYuki Matsui	SD	114	100.0%	2870
22	T. ThorntonTrent Thornton	SEA	116	100.0%	2867
23	J. MejiaJuan Mejia	COL	352	100.0%	2843
24	L. EvansLogan Evans	SEA	315	100.0%	2843
25	B. PfaadtBrandon Pfaadt	AZ	540	100.0%	2843
26	T. RogersTaylor Rogers	CHC	454	100.0%	2841
27	J. KochanowiczJack Kochanowicz	LAA	103	100.0%	2838
28	M. FriedMax Fried	NYY	361	100.0%	2837
29	G. SorianoGeorge Soriano	MIA	111	100.0%	2829
30	T. BeckTristan Beck	SF	232	100.0%	2817
31	J. RomeroJoJo Romero	STL	375	100.0%	2816
32	R. BergertRyan Bergert	KC	234	100.0%	2816
33	C. HolmesClay Holmes	NYM	524	100.0%	2815
34	R. GarrettReed Garrett	NYM	207	100.0%	2815
35	M. KellyMichael Kelly	ATH	332	100.0%	2812
36	J. PayampsJoel Payamps	ATL	211	100.0%	2797
37	A. AbbottAndrew Abbott	CIN	465	100.0%	2791
38	J. RyanJoe Ryan	MIN	367	100.0%	2783
39	A. BenderAnthony Bender	MIA	360	100.0%	2780
40	M. KingMichael King	SD	232	100.0%	2778
41	K. TengKai-Wei Teng	SF	221	100.0%	2769
42	D. RobertDaniel Robert	PHI	106	100.0%	2762
43	C. SniderCollin Snider	SEA	149	100.0%	2762
44	M. FluhartyMason Fluharty	TOR	358	100.0%	2747
45	P. BlackburnPaul Blackburn	NYY	108	100.0%	2747
46	J. PerkinsJack Perkins	ATH	209	100.0%	2746
47	Y. DarvishYu Darvish	SD	117	99.9%	2745
48	T. HoltonTyler Holton	DET	213	100.0%	2740
49	H. WesneskiHayden Wesneski	HOU	125	100.0%	2740
50	J. SternerJustin Sterner	ATH	171	100.0%	2739

ST rpm: How fast the ball spins, measured in turns per minute. Only measured pitches are included. More spin is not always better. Uses pitches recorded as sweeper.

Understanding Sweeper: Average Spin

How fast the ball spins, measured in turns per minute. Only measured pitches are included. More spin is not always better. Uses pitches recorded as sweeper.

Formula: Sum of recorded spin rates ÷ pitches with spin measurements

Read rates alongside playing time. A small sample can produce an extreme result, and a missing value is different from zero.

Season rankings use regular-season records. A player has one combined row across teams; the team label identifies the associated team, not a separate team stint.

Source: MLB statistics and MLBDB derived measures. Formulas describe the measure above. Data refreshed Sep 9, 2026, 10:16 AM UTC.